Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

The Global Leader in Entertainment

Warner Bros. stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD and Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, video games, product and brand licensing, and broadcasting.

Company Overview

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is a fully integrated, broad-based entertainment company and a global leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all forms of entertainment and their related businesses. A WarnerMedia Company, the fully integrated, broad-based Studio is home to one of the most successful collections of brands in the world and stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD and Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, video games, product and brand licensing, and broadcasting. The company's vast library, one of the most prestigious and valuable in the world, consists of more than 100,000 hours of programming, including nearly 8,300 feature films and 5,000 television programs comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes. Warner Bros. Entertainment's employee population ranges from 5,000 to 10,000 on any given day in North America (depending on the level of television and movie production) and some 2,000 employees overseas.

In 2017, Warner Bros. celebrated its best year ever with over $5.12 billion in worldwide receipts ($2.03 billion domestic, $3.09 international), marking the 11th consecutive year the Studio crossed the $3 billion mark. To date, Warner Bros. remains the only studio to cross the $1 billion mark both domestically and internationally 17 years in a row—an industry record. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment was also the industry's leader for the 17th consecutive year with an overall 18 percent market share. WBHE was #1 in both digital and physical sell-through and topped the family, TV content and theatrical catalog sales categories. Warner Bros. Television Group's WBTV, Warner Horizon Scripted Television, Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, Shed U.S., Telepictures, Warner Bros. Animation and Blue Ribbon Content continued to produce the most popular and successful series for the broadcast, cable, pay and digital marketplaces, with nearly 70 series for the 2017-18 season, including "Young Sheldon," a prequel to television's #1 comedy "The Big Bang Theory," and "Black Lightning," the new critically lauded series on The CW portraying DC's first African American Super Hero. Working across all platforms and outlets, the Studio continued to be a category leader and trendsetter in the digital realm with VOD (transactional and ad-supported), original content, apps and anti-piracy technology. Warner Bros. Digital Networks, responsible for creating and building the Studio's digital video services and growing Warner Bros.' direct-to-consumer capabilities, features projects highlighting key talent and brands, including Ellen DeGeneres, LeBron James and DC Entertainment.

Warner Bros. Pictures Group produces and distributes a wide-ranging slate of some 18-22 films each year, employing a business paradigm that mitigates risk while maximizing productivity and capital. Warner Bros. Pictures either fully finances or co-finances the films it produces and maintains worldwide distribution rights. It also monetizes its distribution and marketing operations by distributing films that are totally financed and produced by third parties. Among the films on Warner Bros. Pictures' 2018 slate are "Ready Player One," "Ocean's 8," Crazy Rich Asians," "A Star is Born," "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" and "Aquaman."

Warner Bros. Pictures is also a global leader in the marketing and distribution of feature films, operating offices in more than 30 countries and releasing films in over 120 international territories, either directly to theaters or in conjunction with partner companies and co-ventures.

New Line Cinema, part of Warner Bros. Entertainment since 2008, coordinates its development, production, marketing, distribution and business affairs activities with Warner Bros. Pictures to maximize film performance and operating efficiencies. New Line's 2018 release slate, distributed by Warner Bros., includes "Game Night," "Rampage," "Life of the Party," "Tag" and "The Nun."

The Warner Bros. Television Group oversees and grows the entire portfolio of Warner Bros.' television businesses, including worldwide production, traditional and digital distribution, and broadcasting. In the traditional television arena, WBTVG produces primetime and cable (Warner Bros. Television, Warner Horizon Scripted Television and Warner Horizon Unscripted Television), first-run syndication (Telepictures Productions) and animated (Warner Bros. Animation) programming, which is distributed worldwide by two category-leading distribution arms/operations (Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution).

WBTVG is an innovative leader in developing new business models for the evolving television landscape, including ad-supported video-on-demand, broadband and wireless, and has digital distribution agreements in place with all of the broadcast networks. Internationally, the Studio is one of the world's largest distributors of feature films, television programs and animation to the worldwide television marketplace, licensing over 79,000 hours of television programming, including more than 7,400 feature films and over 50 current series, dubbed or subtitled in more than 40 languages, to telecasters and cablecasters in more than 175 countries.

WBTVG provides original shortform programming for the broadband and wireless marketplace through its Blue Ribbon Content digital venture, and its digital media sales unit is devoted specifically to multiplatform domestic advertiser sales for both broadband and wireless. WBTVG is rapidly developing new business models for the evolving television landscape, as well as moving aggressively into the global expansion of local production and broadening its operations in the digital space on a number of fronts, including distribution and production.

The final component of WBTVG is broadcasting: The CW Television Network, launched (in partnership with CBS) in September 2006 with quality, diverse programming, is targeted to the 18–34 audience.

Warner Bros. Animation is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. WBA is home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. The studio is on the cutting edge of animation technology, and has both CG and traditionally animated projects in current production and development. WBA also creates the highly successful series of DC Universe original animated movies for DVD.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video (Warner Home Video) and video games (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHE is responsible for the global distribution of content through Blu-ray Disc and DVD, electronic sell-through and transactional VOD and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels. It is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party video game titles.

Based on the constantly changing ways by which consumers access entertainment product, WBHE focuses on maximizing current and next-generation distribution scenarios to make the Studio's content available to audiences through as many channels, platforms and devices as possible. By grouping like business units and streamlining the process of delivering the Studio's content to consumers in the format of their choice as conveniently as possible, WBHE helps the Studio to maintain an industry-leading and defining role in the rapidly evolving home entertainment marketplace while moving consumers' home entertainment experiences into a new era.

Working across all platforms and outlets, the Studio continues to be a category leader and trendsetter in the digital realm with VOD (transactional and ad-supported), original content, apps, anti-piracy technology.

Founded in 2016, Warner Bros. Digital Networks is the fast-paced, growing team responsible for building and operating the Studio's digital entertainment offerings, producing digital native content and harnessing the power of social media through Machinima. WBDN's current direct-to-consumer-centric portfolio includes Boomerang (a partnership with Turner), DramaFever, FilmStruck (a partnership with Turner), Machinima, Stage 13, Uninterrupted (a partnership with LeBron James), Ellen Digital Ventures (a partnership with Ellen DeGeneres) and DC Universe, a DC-branded digital service debuting in 2018. Warner Bros. Digital Networks' premium programming and digital offerings put fans at the center of entertainment, sports, gaming and pop culture, reaching audiences anywhere, across any platform.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products extends the Studio's powerful portfolio of entertainment brands and franchises into the lives of fans around the world. WBCP partners with best-in-class licensees globally on award-winning ranges of toys, fashion, home décor and publishing inspired by franchises and properties such as DC, J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World, Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera. The division's successful global themed entertainment business includes groundbreaking experiences such as The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, FL, Osaka, Japan and Hollywood, CA; and the upcoming Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi (opening 2018). With innovative global licensing and merchandising programs, retail initiatives, promotional partnerships and themed experiences, WBCP is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.

DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC, Vertigo and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its iconic content across Warner Bros. and WarnerMedia. Founded in 2009, DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. In 2014, DC outlined an ambitious film slate to roll out through 2020, including 2017's hit releases "Wonder Woman" and "Justice League," "Aquaman" for 2018 and "Shazam!" for 2019.

DC Entertainment's DC Comics has been in continuous publication for more than 60 years, and is the leading comic book publisher in the industry and the creator of some of the world's most recognized icons. DC's characters continue to headline blockbuster feature films, live-action and animated television series, direct-to-video releases, collectors' books, online entertainment, digital publishing, countless licensing and marketing arrangements and, most recently, graphic novels.

Warner Bros. Entertainment is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios lot, 142 acres in Burbank, California, which is considered one of the foremost motion picture and television production and post-production facilities in the world and home to 35 soundstages (including one of the world's tallest stages, which has an in-ground tank capable of holding more than two million gallons of water). In addition, Warner Bros. Studio Facilities is responsible for managing the company's studio in the UK – Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden – a 160-acre production facility that has been the production site of many highly acclaimed Warner Bros. movies including the eight Harry Potter films, "The Dark Knight" and, more recently, "Wonder Woman," "Justice League," "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and its forthcoming sequel, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald." It is also the home of Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, which has become one of the UK's most popular tourist attractions since opening in March 2012.